Usage examples of "palo" in Spanish with translation to English

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El perro olfateó el palo. The dog sniffed the stick.
Mira aquel palo en la plaza. Look at that pole in the square.
Revolvé la pintura con un palo. Stir the paint with a stick.
Había una bandera en lo más alto del palo. There was a flag at the top of the pole.
Métete un palo por el culo. Shove a stick up your ass.
El perro estaba olfateando un palo. The dog was sniffing a stick.
Le pegó al perro con un palo. He beat the dog with a stick.
Até un palo a la planta para enderezarla. I tied a stick to the plant to straighten it.
Cuando la escuela no tenía libros ni papel ni lapiceros, ella escribía el alfabeto en el suelo con un palo. When the school had no books or paper or pencils, she wrote the alphabet on the ground with a stick.
Si la Tercera Guerra Mundial es peleada con armas nucleares, la Cuarta Guerra Mundial será peleada con palos y piedras. If World War III is fought with nuclear weapons, World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.
Yo no sé con qué armas se va a combatir en la tercera guerra mundial, pero la cuarta se combatirá con piedras y palos. I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.
De tal palo, tal astilla. Like father, like son.
Que cada palo aguante su vela Each of us must face our own responsibilities
Él es un cara de palo. He's such a shameless jerk.
En casa de herrero, cuchillo de palo. The cobbler's children go barefoot.
En casa del herrero, cuchillo de palo The blacksmith's mare and the shoemaker's children are the worst shod
Lo apaleó hasta la muerte con un palo de golf. She beat him to death with a golf club.
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